Edwards Impacted If Gore Runs

John Edwards has an advantage in the South as long as Al Gore doesn't run.

Washington D.C. (PRWEB) May 17, 2007 -- USAElectionPolls.com studied over 100 state democratic primary polls and identified John Edwards to be the candidate hardest hit if Al Gore runs.

The web site split the polls into states from the south, denoted as "southern states" and those that are not, denoted as "non-southern states". It found that John Edwards was the only candidate with a slightly better following in southern states than in non-southern states.

Then it superimposed the question as to what impact Al Gore has on the polls. So it divided these polls into those with Al Gore mentioned as a candidate and those without. It found that Edwards support dropped by about 75% in the south if Al Gore runs. Without Al Gore, John Edwards is a very formidable candidate but with Al Gore, he seems to perform no better than a second tier candidate.

The analysts at USAElectionPolls.com explains that if Gore runs, Edwards will not win in 2008. And if Gore does not run, Edwards would get a natural boost in the polls from the pollsters leaving Gore's name off the poll. And this natural boost will give the Edwards campaign momentum.

For more information on this study, go to http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/edwards-in-the-south.html